Is Plant! basil pesto falafacini ultra-processed?

240g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Plant! basil pesto falafacini

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 29 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Chickpeas 25% (Chickpeas, Water), Basil Pesto 19% (Rapeseed Oil, Basil, Cannellini Beans, Spinach, Pine Nuts, Salt (processing marker)), Cooked Rice 16% (Water, White Rice), Black Turtle Beans, Sweet Potato 8%, Potato Flake, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Spinach, Garlic Purée (Water, Garlic), Rice Flour, Salt (processing marker), Onion, Parsley, Basil, Thyme, Black Pepper

As written on the pack

25% Chickpeas (Chickpeas, Water), 19% Basil Pesto (Rapeseed Oil, Basil, Cannellini Beans, Spinach, Pine Nuts, Salt), 16% Cooked Rice (Water, White Rice), Black Turtle Beans, 8% Sweet Potato, Potato Flake, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Spinach, Garlic Purée (Water, Garlic Granules), Rice Flour, Salt, Onion Granules, Parsley, Basil, Thyme, Ground Black Pepper.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4335619312975, last edited 28 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.